Comments Thread For: Muhammad Ali Book Brings New Insight To Legendary Career

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By Thomas Gerbasi - At this point in time, it wouldn't be out of line to assume that there is nothing new to be learned about Muhammad Ali. Countless books have tackled every aspect of the life of "The Greatest," some even focusing on a single fight or period of his 74 years on the Earth. But in "Muhammad Ali: By the Numbers," a new book by...
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The Greatest Of All Time

[Vae Victis]

Watch Ali's fights with Ken Norton. Especially the third one and then tell me that he's the greatest. Ali's lost all three of those fights, and his clowning (instead of fighting) in the third fight was done because he simply could not box/fight Ken Norton straight up and defeat him. Watch that third fight and explain how it was that Ali was declared the winner.

[anonymous2.0]

It may be a good read, but 1/3 of boxingscene seems to disavow compubox

[hugh grant]

Ali was the best. Only really started losing when started slurring words

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Watch Ali's fights with Ken Norton. Especially the third one and then tell me that he's the greatest. Ali's lost all three of those fights, and his clowning (instead of fighting) in the third fight was done because he simply could not box/fight Ken Norton straight up and defeat him. Watch that third fight and explain how it was that Ali was declared the winner.

This was not prime Ali he had 3 phases of his career, and what does losing a few fights mean against the entire resume, the Greatest is an accomplishment based on ALL Ali did.

Now you tell me who is the Greatest of All Time in any division and I will show you fights where they look anything but great .

When talking Greatest is way more involved than a couple of fights.

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"dont be funny and bet your money on Sonny!"

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This was not prime Ali he had 3 phases of his career, and what does losing a few fights mean against the entire resume, the Greatest is an accomplishment based on ALL Ali did.

Now you tell me who is the Greatest of All Time in any division and I will show you fights where they look anything but great .

When talking Greatest is way more involved than a couple of fights.

Exactly. I think people are ******ed.

It's like nowadays the modern day fan thinks one bad performance or a loss defines an entire career which is idiotic